“You're thinking about a dish, you're thinking about an ingredient, and...” — Dominique Crenn Quote

“You're thinking about a dish, you're thinking about an ingredient, and in many ways, you end up becoming a naked chef in front of the customer, because what you put on the plate is you. It's who you are and where you've been.”

“I'm most excited about people being more conscious about their eating habits.”

“When you give someone an award and you tell them that they are the best female chef in the world, you alienate them from their peers.”

“In the midst of observing the world and coming to consciousness, I was becoming a writer, and what I wanted to put on the page were the stories of people who looked like me.”

“Historically, the stuff of the universe goes on becoming concentrated into ever more organized forms of matter.”

“The one thing that is distinctive about America historically has been the fact that we are all able to engage in public discourse without the political becoming personal.”